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Red Cross Gets $2,700 Donation
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Last Updated: 6:20 PM 02/26/10 - Some local middle school students are doing their part to add a whole lot of green to the red cross.
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Barbour Students Donate Money to the Red Cross
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Last Updated: 6:52 PM 02/19/10 - A simple current events lesson turns into a life lesson for dozens of elementary school children.
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Rockford Schools Use Lots of Loose Change to Help Haiti
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Last Updated: 1:06 PM 02/18/10 - Students in Rockford Public Schools are beginning to rally around the Million Meals for Haiti project being coordinated by Sharefest.
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Nursing Home Pitches In For Earthquake Relief
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Last Updated: 3:31 PM 02/08/10 - Nursing home residents and employees seek donations to aid earthquake relief. (Full Story)
Rockford Man Calls From Native Haiti
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Last Updated: 11:12 PM 01/28/10 - Local man calls in first-hand report of Port au Prince, Haiti. (Full Story)
Nurses Needed in Haiti
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Last Updated: 10:54 PM 01/25/10 - A Belvidere nurse is home from Haiti, but her skills and her peers are still needed. (Full Story)
Belvidere Nurse Returns From Haiti
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Last Updated: 11:04 PM 01/24/10 - A local nurse returns from her first volunteer trip to Haiti -- and she says it won't be her last. (Full Story)
Beloit Family Doubles in Size
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Last Updated: 10:47 PM 01/21/10 - Only a few months after bringing their first adopted Haitian child home, one Beloit family is expecting three more. (Full Story)
Haiti Telethon Begins Friday
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Last Updated: 4:24 PM 01/21/10 - Live performance airs on CBS Friday night, but donations begin at noon eastern time. (Full Story)
Haiti Regional Map
The 7.0 earthquake that hit Haiti, January 12, 2010 occurred in the boundary region separating the Caribbean plate and the North America plate.


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Quick Info
Find loved ones in Haiti: 888-407-4747

Donate to Mercy Corps:
Click here.

Donate to the Red Cross:
Click here. You can also text "HAITI" to 90999 to make a quick $10 donation. The cost will be added to your cell phone bill.

Click here for more information from the White House.

Help Haiti with Money, Not Stuff
Why sending food, supplies, and other physical donations might do more harm than good.